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Kirkland Vale, Mealsgate, CA7 1LD

FUL/2026/0038Full planning permissionApproved
Full

Approved on 20 October 2026

Council decision: Granted with ConditionsDelegated (officer decision)10 conditions

Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

Change of use from agriculture field to equestrian training arena.

Submitted
7 July 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Council
Allerdale
Ward
Bothel and Wharrels
  1. Received7 Jul
  2. Validated7 Jul
  3. Consult.
  4. Target4 Aug
  5. Decided20 Oct

Decided in 105 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at Kirkland Vale, Mealsgate, CA7 1LD. Allerdale has handled 3,398 applications of this type. This one was decided in 105 days, 8 weeks longer than Allerdale's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 23 applications across Bothel and Wharrels. We hold 2,924 applications in total for the CA7 postcode area.

99% of full applications at Allerdale were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 7 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
CA7 1LD
Application type
Full planning permission
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Bothel and Threapland CP

Planning application dates

Date validated
7 July 2026
Target decision date
4 August 2026

Planning decision

Case officer
Mike Halsall
Statutory period
28 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14794889
Documents
17

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (24)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, Article 4 directions, tree preservation orders, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, Heritage at Risk entries, nutrient neutrality catchments, national parks, National Landscapes, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, ancient woodland, national nature reserves, local nature reserves, heritage coasts and brownfield registers.

A guide only, from official open data; it is not a planning search. Flood zones cover rivers and sea, not surface water.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The Historic England GIS Data contained in this material was obtained on 2026-11-03. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.

© Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

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